| notation | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. notation, notational system | a technical system of symbols used to represent special things. |
| ~ writing | letters or symbols that are written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language.; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible" |
| ~ mathematical notation | a notation used by mathematicians. |
| ~ musical notation | (music) notation used by musicians. |
| ~ choreography | a notation used by choreographers. |
| ~ chemical notation | a notation used by chemists to express technical facts in chemistry. |
| n. (communication) | 2. annotation, notation, note | a comment or instruction (usually added).; "his notes were appended at the end of the article"; "he added a short notation to the address on the envelope" |
| ~ poste restante | a notation written on mail that is to be held at the post office until called for (not in the United States or Canada). |
| ~ commentary, comment | a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material.; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal" |
| ~ cite, quotation, acknowledgment, mention, reference, citation, credit | a short note recognizing a source of information or of a quoted passage.; "the student's essay failed to list several important citations"; "the acknowledgments are usually printed at the front of a book"; "the article includes mention of similar clinical cases" |
| ~ footnote, footer | a printed note placed below the text on a printed page. |
| ~ n.b., nota bene, nb | a Latin phrase (or its abbreviation) used to indicate that special attention should be paid to something.; "the margins of his book were generously supplied with pencilled NBs" |
| ~ postscript, ps | a note appended to a letter after the signature. |
| n. (act) | 3. notation | the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters. |
| ~ committal to writing, writing | the activity of putting something in written form.; "she did the thinking while he did the writing" |
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